Mount Union Purple Raiders
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| Motto | Sit Lux |
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| Type | Private liberal arts |
| Established | 1846 |
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Religious affiliation
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United Methodist |
| Endowment | $131 million |
| President | Dr. Dick Merriman |
| Undergraduates | 2,200 |
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Alliance, Ohio, U.S. 40°54′17″N 81°6′38″W / 40.90472°N 81.11056°WCoordinates: 40°54′17″N 81°6′38″W / 40.90472°N 81.11056°W |
| Campus | Suburban, 115 acres (0.47 km2) |
| Colors | Purple and White |
| Nickname | Purple Raiders |
| Mascot | MUcaw |
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Sporting affiliations
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NCAA Division III |
| Website | www |
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The University of Mount Union is a 4-year private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Alliance, Ohio. For more than a century the college has been officially connected with the Methodist Church. It is now affiliated with the East Ohio, West Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Conferences of the United Methodist Church. Mount Union has been ranked for 14 consecutive years as a top college in the Midwest and is also ranked as a "Best Buy" for regional liberal arts colleges in the Midwest.
Mount Union has an enrollment of 2,209 undergraduate students, divided approximately equally between men and women. Students represent more than 22 states and 13 countries. Mount Union has an alumni base of more than 13,000 graduates located around the world.
Mount Union was founded in 1846 by Orville Nelson Hartshorn as "a place where men and women could be educated with equal opportunity, science would parallel the humanities and there would be no distinction due to race, color or sex." In approximately 1911,Scio College of Scio, Ohio merged with Mount Union, moving faculty to the Mount Union campus and abandoning the Scio campus.
Mount Union College was renamed the University of Mount Union effective August 1, 2010.
85 percent of the faculty at Mount Union have earned a doctoral or terminal degree with graduate training at universities in the United States and Europe.
Mount Union offers 60 majors and 53 minors of academic coursework in keeping with the liberal arts tradition. Students are encouraged to explore a variety of departments and majors to discover potential talents and interests. Through general education course requirements, students are able to familiarize themselves to a variety of majors and minors. Students are also encouraged to meet their academic departmental adviser, to find guidance in deciding what majors and minors are most advantageous.
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